Day 4 of 25 Days of Christmas: Cookies For Santa (Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies)

Another childhood favorite that I like to make every holiday season (or really anytime 😋) is the classic criss-crossed peanut butter cookie. This is another cookie my mom always made when I was growing up, and their richness makes them a perfect winter cookie. Read below for the recipe.

Press a fork into the tops of the cookies to create a cross-cross design or push a piece of chocolate into the center of the cookie before baking it (I used peanut butter cups from Trader Joe’s)

Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375°F

*Tips & tricks:

Freeze and store your peanut butter cookie dough in rolls wrapped in parchment paper — it makes portioning your cookies that much easier and neater. (When I form rolls out of the dough, I keep them frozen and then when baking I cut off about an inch of dough for each cookie.)

Cooking times: For softer chewier cookies bake for 8 minutes, and for a crispier cookie bake for 10 minutes.

You can skip the freezing if you’re in a hurry, but the crisscross won’t be very visible and the cookies will spread out more while baking.